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单词 dementation
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dementationn.

Brit. /ˌdiːmɛnˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdimɛnˈteɪʃən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dementation-, dementatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin dementation-, dementatio insanity (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < dementat- , past participial stem of dementare dement v.1 + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix1. Compare dementia n. and earlier demency n.
The action of making a person demented; the fact or condition of being demented; madness.
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?1583 R. Robinson tr. Urbanus Regius Homelye sig. A.viv Was it not a most great and horrible, bewitching dementation or dooting, and blinding of theyr sences [Ger. War es nicht eine starcke zeuberey vnd verblendung der synne]?
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 224 And then, lastly..they come to that infatuation, that dementation, as that they loose the principles of all..wisdom.
1684 R. Baxter Catholick Communion 35 Dementation goeth before Perdition.
1701 E. Veryard Acct. Divers Choice Remarks 109 A convincing Argument of their Neighbour's Dementation.
1787 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XXI. 241 That unfortunate Prince was, during his whole reign, directed..by a spirit of dementation.
1802 Gazette of U.S. (Philadelphia) 23 Feb. 1/2 Such a general dementation must inevitably produce our perdition.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. viii. xxx. 610 The ‘strong delusion’ of the E.V. is a happy expression; it is..judicial infatuation, the dementation before doom.
1905 Science 2 June 849/2 An old age without illness or dementation, a ripening without decay.
1934 Oceania 5 41 A man known to be accused of serious crime may suddenly go ‘crazy’, i.e., become delirious... this dementation has been observed at the Mission.
1999 A. van Ginkel Gen. Princ. Human Power ii. 23 The power of evil is the ability to change joy into sorrow,..the power of addiction the ability to change sanity into dementation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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